Ad experimentum 2004, full approval and establishment in September 2006 by the Bishops’ Conference

Short historical revue of the Commission

At the beginning of the year 2003 the first JP initiatives have started within the Belgrade Archbishopric. During the same year a coordinator of the first working group started to attend various meetings and conferences on the European level bringing back various information and experiences. In 2004 a small WG established on the level of Belgrade Archbishopric was endorsed by the Bishops’ Conference to study and develop further the JP work. Mons. Gasparovic was elected as the president of the JP Commission that yet have to be established on the national level. In the period 2004-06 the WG have develop a small strategy for the JP work; organized several trainings, meetings and conferences; published the Serbian edition of the Compendium of the Church Social Doctrine.

Work priorities:

Ecumenical collaboration and inter-religious dialogue

Promotion of the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church in local society

Contribution to the social dialogue in local society and lobbing for the new laws

Promotion of minority rights and lobbing for the new laws

Advising of the BC in the field of justice and peace work

Promotion of the justice and peace work on parish, diocesan, national level within the network of the Catholic Church - Education and training in the field of peace-building